Selected poems in English and Polish by Wistawa Szymborska

    The poems are about nature, history, the life of cities, the transformations of art, the spiritual essence of everyday life. Their remarkable staying power derives from the gentle meditative authority of Zagajewski's voice, here expertly rered into English by Clare Cavanagh. Zagajewski's committed, compassionate poems offer access to the mysteries at the heart of experience.

    The two-week journey that resulted, with England's leading Holocaust and World War II scholar as its guide, culminated in this powerful travel narrative.

    [A] soul-searching trip” (Kirkus Reviews).   In 1996, prominent Holocaust historian Sir Martin Gilbert embarked on a fourteen-day journey into the past with a group of his graduate students from University College, London. Their destination? Places where the terrible events of the Holocaust had left their mark in Europe.   From the railway lines near Auschwitz to the site of Oskar Schindler’s heroic efforts in Krakow, Poland, Holocaust Journey features intimate personal meditations from one of our greatest modern historians, and is supported by wartime documents, letters, and diaries—as well as over fifty photographs and maps by the author—all of which help interweave Gilbert’s trip with his students with the surrounding history of the towns, camps, and other locations visited. The result is a narrative of the Holocaust that ties the past to the present with poignancy and power.   “Gilbert . . . is a dedicated guide to this difficult material. We can be grateful for his thoroughness, courage and guidance.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review

    These diary entries remain a stirring and remarkable testament to the heroism of Warsaw Jewry.

    The Polish government's response to mounting ethnic tensions in the pre-war era and its conduct of the war effort are also examined.

    Led by this man and his profound contribution to Catholic social thought, the Catholic Church has become the world's single greatest voice for democracy and human rights. Protestants, too, have found in Pope John Paul II a brave and steadfast Christian pastor. Few people, however, know the Pope's background or the philosophy behind his thinking.Written by Rocco Buttiglione, one of the Pope's closest friends and counselors, this volume is the standard work for all who want to understand the philosophical mind of Karol Wojtyla, the man who became Pope John Paul II. Based on an accurate reading of all of Wojtyla's works and of all relevant secondary literature, this English edition of Buttiglione's book provides a complete introduction to the Pope's philosophy and his original contribution to the philosophy of freedom. The early chapters give biographical information on Wojtyla and examine his early philosophical formation. The middle chapters explore in depth two of the Pope's central philosophical and theological conceptions--human love and the acting person. The closing chapters look at Wojtyla's role at the Second Vatican Council, examine his poetic works, and place his thought in dialogue with contemporary philosophy. New to this English edition of Buttiglione's work are a foreword by Michael Novak, an appendix published for the third edition of The Acting Person, and an afterword that updates the book with a survey of secondary literature on the Pope's thought published between 1982 and 1996.

    Based on the experiences of the author's grandmother.

    Packed with codes, games, quizzes, hands-on activities, and awesome, mind-bending facts, Cool Math proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that math is anything but boring! In six fun-packed chapters, Cool Math delves into everything that is fun about math: card tricks, crazy number combos, spy secrets, true tales of math discovery, decoding tricks, Fibonacci spirals, googols, binary numbers, and the Kongisberg bridges. Plus, there are special Cool Calculations sections, Awesome Math Activities sidebars, mind games, and much, much more. So if you want to know which day of the week will Christmas be in the year 2025, or what carnival games you are most likely to win, check out Cool Math--the fun and educational book that adds up to a surefire bestseller!

    The story is about ordinary people whose lives fill this moving and evocative book, but Sikorski isalso acutely aware of the grand wheels of history and politics at work not only on a house, but a village and a country.